Recommendation to Remove Stipulations for Azusa Pacific University March 2016 Overview of this Report This report presents progress made by Azusa Pacific University (APU) to address the stipulations placed upon the institution as a result of Committee on Accreditation (COA) action at the April 30, 2015 COA meeting Recommendations That the stipulation from the 2015 accreditation visit be removed That the accreditation decision be changed from Accreditation with Stipulations to Accreditation Background Azusa Pacific University’s accreditation visit was held March 29-31, 2015 The team report was presented to the COA on April 30, 2015 and may be found at: https://info.ctc.ca.gov/fmi/xsl/cnt/9-Azusa%20Pacific%20University%20-%20FINAL.pdf?db=PSD_Program_Sponsors_DB&-lay=php_Accreditation_Reports_list&-recid=1&field=COA_Report_Site_Visit The COA acted to determine an accreditation status of Accreditation with Stipulations The letter stating COA action is available at the following link: https://info.ctc.ca.gov/fmi/xsl/cnt/APU%20%20Accreditation%20w%20Stip.pdf?db=PSD_Program_Sponsors_DB&-lay=php_Accreditation_Reports_list&-recid=1&field=COA_Letter The following stipulations were adopted by the COA for Azusa Pacific University By July 1, 2015, Azusa Pacific University is to notify the Commission on Teacher Credentialing if it will close the California Teachers of English Learners (CTEL) program or not If the decision is to not close the CTEL program, Azusa Pacific University is required to host a focused site visit in fall 2015 for a full review of the CTEL program • Azusa Pacific University is to provide the Commission on Teacher Credentialing with a resolution of the existing CTEL program and a plan for students to complete that program An agenda item (APU Efforts to Address Stipulations) was presented at the June 2015 COA meeting that provided information on APU’s initial work to address the stipulations placed on the university by the COA The COA directed that APU complete its plan to teach out the current candidates in the CTEL program and report back by June 2016 on the candidates’ progress Recommendation to Remove Stipulations Azusa Pacific University Item 19 March 2016 Azusa Pacific University reports that it has completed its teach out of all CTEL candidates and is requesting to withdraw the CTEL program at this Committee meeting Next Steps Based on the documentation provided, the Commission staff recommend that the Committee on Accreditation remove the stipulation placed on the institution in 2015 and change the accreditation status of Azusa Pacific University from Accreditation with Stipulations to Accreditation Recommendation to Remove Stipulations Azusa Pacific University Item 19 March 2016 ( ( 901 East Alosta Avenue PO Box 7000 Azus a, Californi a 91702-7000 Phone: (626) 969 -3434 www.ap u.edu February 17, 2016 Committee on Accreditation California Commission on Teacher Credentialing 1900 Capitol Avenue Sacramento, CA 95811-4213 Dear Committee on Accreditation: Azusa Pacific University's School of Education completed the teach-out of our CTEL program with the completion of our Fall 2015 semester We respectfully request that the Committee on Accreditation remove the stipulations from our accreditation decision now that the School of Education has completed the CTEL teach-out Thank you, A ~ fn~ Dean, School of Education